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Recently, an article documenting responses prominent women give as to why they don’t have kids has been making the rounds on Facebook and Twitter. Actress Marissa Tomei, for example, responds to the question by stating that she didn’t “know why women need to have children to be seen as complete...Read more

The Department of Justice of Puerto Rico announced on Friday that the island’s government would no longer defend the constitutionality of Article 68 of the Puerto Rican Civil Code, which states that marriage is only between a man and a woman. With this decision, Puerto Rico has reversed its...Read more

This is the second of a two-part blog about IPPF’s participation at the U.N’s Commission on the Status of Women. The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women recognizes that States parties are obliged to include advice on family planning and to guarantee women’s...Read more

This is the first of a two-part blog about IPPF’s participation at the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women. Each year advocates, representatives, and policy makers from around the world gather for the United Nation’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) – the principal global policy-making...Read more

The years 2014 and 2015 will be remembered in Chile as a period of significant social and political transformations. Tax, education, and election reforms, as well as the civil union agreement for straight and gay couples, are clear examples of the vanishing of the most conservative legacies of the...Read more

Go in, pay, go out; go in, pay, go out. This is the scenario when you're fifteen years old and you go to a pharmacy to buy condoms. You feel that everybody is looking at you, and right when you're done buying them you feel there's a huge sign on your forehead that reads, "I just bought condoms." If...Read more

Cynthia Cano Andrade, a volunteer at the Instituto Peruano de Paternidad Responsable (INPPARES), talks to us about her experience with our local partner in Peru, which has greater and greater impact on sexual and reproductive health for young people and encourages their growth as agents of change...Read more

One of the most deadly non-communicable diseases will senselessly claim the lives of hundreds of thousands of women this year: cervical cancer. Thankfully, cervical cancer is preventable. However, many in low-resource areas don’t have access to the HPV vaccine that can prevent up to 70% of cervical...Read more

Last week Chile’s House of Representatives made history by passing a bill that would allow lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) individuals to enter into civil unions. The bill passed by an overwhelming majority, with 86 representatives voting in favor, 23 voting against the bill...Read more

Today marks the 42nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade – the landmark Supreme Court case that legalized abortion in the United States. This was a major victory for women and reproductive health, rights, and justice advocates in the U.S. because it finally placed the decision to terminate a pregnancy where...Read more